Maharashtra Floor Test Live Updates: Autorickshaw outpaced Mercedes car, Shinde takes a dig at Uddhav

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is holding a mega roadshow in Nagpur. This is his first visit to his home city after being appointed the deputy CM in the new Maharashtra government led by Eknath Shinde. ”Stay with TOI for all live updates--

09:37 (IST) Jul 04

Bharat Gogawale, chief whip of Shiv Sena, the Eknath Shinde faction, has given a petition to the Assembly Speaker for the suspension of 16 MLAs of the party for violation of whip. The 16 MLAs will be issued notice for suspension, confirms the Speaker's office. (ANI)

09:33 (IST) Jul 04

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena has called a meeting of all its district chiefs this afternoon at Shiv Sena Bhavan in Mumbai.

09:04 (IST) Jul 04

"The youngest speaker candidate won the speaker election with 164 votes today as 2 MLAs couldn't come due to health issues. We would prove our majority with 166 votes in the vote of confidence," Devendra Fadnavis said.

08:18 (IST) Jul 04

In a letter by Maharashtra deputy secretary, on the instructions of speaker, the Assembly Secretariat has informed that Eknath Shinde will be Shiv Sena legislative party leader and Bharat Gogawale its chief whip. Appointment of Ajay Chaudhary as legislative party leader has been set aside by Speaker.

08:09 (IST) Jul 04

Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has claimed that the Shinde-led Maharashtra government will prove its majority with 166 votes.

08:09 (IST) Jul 04

"The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance government is set to face a majority test on Monday, the second day of the special session of the legislature. What exactly will be the strategy of the government was discussed in the meeting held in the presence of all the MLAs today," sources said.

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08:08 (IST) Jul 04

On Sunday evening, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with his faction of Shiv Sena MLAs, held a meeting with Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, BJP MLAs, and other party leaders at a hotel in Mumbai to chalk out a strategy for the floor test.

08:08 (IST) Jul 04

Maharashtra: The special two-day session of the State Legislative Assembly comes after a high-voltage political drama in the state where a new government led by rebel Shiv Sena MLA Shinde came to power toppling the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime.

08:08 (IST) Jul 04

Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government faces a floor test today after Sunday's big win where BJP's Rahul Narvekar was elected as the Speaker.